Pupils of the Belsize Music Academy join professional pianists (Sergei Basukinski, Evelyne Berezovsky, Peter Limonov) and actors to create a production based on the script by Anthony Phillips, translator of Prokofiev’s Diaries. The programme includes works by Bach and Mozart, as well as Chopin’s famous Mazurkas, Nocturnes, Waltzes and the great Barcarolle.

A friend of mine is getting herself into a new venture, a music school : Belsize Music Academy. The music school also organises classical music concerts given by emerging artists and musicians of standing.

They are starting the summer (or what we would normally call the summer) with a series of concerts this week-end, Saturday 7th (1pm and 7:30pm) and Sunday 8th (5pm).

Saturday at 7:30 will be the gala evening with drinks and nibbles afterwards. Worth trying!

My children and I will also be joining them on Sunday for the Belsize Chamber Orchestra, more appropriate for younger music lovers.

It would be nice to see St Peter’s church (on Belsize lane, tube : Belsize park or Swiss Cottage) full this week-end for those fantastic events.